I also regret that at a time when these media had a relevant use, they were practically impossible to find.
The ability to burn a full-capacity CD***8212;and in good quality, no less***8212;in less than 3.5 minutes would have been extremely useful back then.

Very interesting. Until now, I hadn't heard of such high-speed CD-RWs. I don't think any company was offering them back then, either in my area or in a distant big city, otherwise I definitely would have bought them. It's a shame these discs didn't become more widespread. Nice article by Dr. Gough Lui, thanks for sharing.

Verbatim 32x 74 min CD-RW
 

Optiarc DVD RW AD-5200A 1.09, 63:56 min burned at 32x speed

sold as "Verbatim 32x 74 min CD-RW"
ATIP: 97m34s25f
manufactured in Taiwan by CMC Magnetics

Thanks to Dr. Gough Lui for sending me some samples, he also conducted (as always, fantastic) testing of these media: https://goughlui.com/2025/08/18/experim ... us-drives/


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